ICA Commissioning Standard Workshop – Part 1 of 5

ICA Commissioning Standard Workshop – Part 1 of 5

We’ve been hard at work at putting together the ICA Global Commissioning Standard, and we’ve got some information to share with you to help you use this information so that you can use it to help yourself and help projects. Since commissioning is not often...
Launch of the ICA Global Commissioning Standard

Launch of the ICA Global Commissioning Standard

The ICA Global Commissioning Standard is now available for download. I had a good chat with my good friend Crawford Weir. Crawford is one of the leading commissioning experts, and we discussed how the ICA Global Commissioning Standard can help you and your projects....
Revolutionizing Commissioning with 3D Modeling

Revolutionizing Commissioning with 3D Modeling

A robust commissioning process is your digital thread connecting early engineering design details to asset management systems used for the life of the new facilities. Without digitalized commissioning processes, project teams are left with unorganized and redundant...
Early Commissioning Planning for Project Success

Early Commissioning Planning for Project Success

When you talk to commissioning folks, every one of them will tell you that commissioning must be involved early in projects. But what does this actually mean? Why do projects need to plan for commissioning so early? Is it just a bunch of meetings to talk about testing...
Commissioning: A Solution for Project Success

Commissioning: A Solution for Project Success

There is an unprecedented amount of work to be done on projects. The number of projects to be undertaken has risen dramatically in the last decade to address the global challenges we face: Projects for decarbonation to achieve sustainability Projects for...
AI and the Future of Commissioning

AI and the Future of Commissioning

In the 1970s before computers were widely used, engineering drawings would be marked up, then faxed to site to indicate the changes required. The project team at site would receive the fax, maybe have a question about the update, fax back some hand-drawn sketches with...
How to Standardize Your Commissioning Processes

How to Standardize Your Commissioning Processes

Commissioning is a fundamental process of industrial plant process and energy system projects in order for projects to succeed, yet commissioning is not well understood by all groups working on projects. Too often the commissioning process is confused with testing,...